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Question
Cyanobacteria and some other photosynthetic bacteria don’t have chloroplasts. How do they conduct photosynthesis?
Solution
Cyanobacteria and some other photosynthetic bacteria do not have chloroplasts. But they have folds in their inner membrane where photosynthesis occurs. They have bluish pigment phycocyanin which captures solar energy to carry out photosynthesis.
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